Job Description

The Quality Control Coordinator Sterile Processing is responsible for aligning performance improvement initiatives with hospital goals and objectives, and developing, implementing and monitoring standards, procedures and processes to meet or exceed established clinical quality indicators, patient safety goals, and desired established clinical quality and safety goals. Ensures timely submission of information for performance programs. Is hands on with Quality Assurances checks of sterile processing instrumentation. Demonstrates knowledge of federal, state, and accrediting/licensure agency standards and regulations that affect quality and performance improvement. Lead highly visible projects which will impact patient safety and clinical quality. Provide oversight of investigations for safety events, develop action plans and ensure implementation of identified improvements. Ensure that accurate data is available for the hospital to use to manage performance for quality metrics. Coordinates and actively participates in process improvement activities to address performance gaps. Builds collaborative relationships among team members, nursing, ancillary departments, administration, and medical staff.



Oversee activities that utilize cross-functional teams to identify, measure, analyze and improve cored processes to support the organization's objectives for quality, patient safety and efficiency




Ensures that the necessary data collection and analysis is performed to accurately measure processes. Ensures that information is made available to internal and external customers in a timely and accurate manner




Analyzes trends in clinical outcomes and patient safety and ensures that performance improvement activities are coordinated and supported to address findings




Auditing of policies and procedures and interfacing with internal departments to ensure compliance to the QA Program and state/federal regulations




Assisting in the collection of information for presentation to the Sterile Processing Director, Manager and to any relevant committees




Ensures that internal and external research, investigation and analysis is conducted, and information is presented in a concise and actionable format




Ensuring that quality trends and patterns are monitored, and that quality issues are identified and investigated and reported to appropriate management staff and/or committees




Regularly communicates with management and staff regarding project status, issues and process redesign. Assists in the communication and training of Sterile Processing staff as it relates to patient safety and quality outcomes. Responds to all customers in a courteous, sensitive and respectful manner




May perform other duties as assigned or requested and job specification can be modified or updated at any time



Required Education: High School Diploma / GED




Preferred Education:




Required Experience: Two (2) years of Sterile Processing experience




Preferred Experience: Past experience with data collection/monitoring quality control indicators




Required Certifications and Licensures: IAHCSMM / CBSPD Certification




Preferred Certifications and Licensures: